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Hoy vamos a hablaros del presente continuo, un tiempo verbal en inglés que también es conocido como presente progresivo. En general, usamos el presente continuo para una acción que se está realizando en ese momento.

 

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Usos del presente continuo en inglés

Para formar el presente continuo, usamos el verbo auxiliar ‘be’ y el participio presente. Por ejemplo:

  • I am writing
  • You are writing
  • He/she/it is writing
  • We are writing
  • You are writing
  • They are writing

 
Y, ¿qué es el participio presente?. El participio presente es la forma de un verbo que tiene la siguiente terminación: ‘-ing’ y se utiliza en tiempos verbales continuos y también como adjetivo. Es el momento de que prestes mucha atención porque no es lo mismo que el gerundio.

Ahora, veamos algunos ejemplos más del Presente Continuo:

  • I’m looking at the wall.
  • He’s making lunch at the moment, I’m sure it’ll be ready soon.
  • I’m studying right now, so I can’t get a drink with you, sorry.

 
Hemos visto como el presente continuo se emplea para acciones que están en progreso en ese mismo momento, pero también podemos usarlo para hablar de nuestros planes. Y, ¿a qué hacen referencia los planes? a nuestros planes de futuro y que haremos con toda seguridad.

Debemos prestar atención y diferenciar entre este uso del presente continuo y la construcción “to be going to”, ya que “to be going to” lo usamos cuando hablamos de intenciones futuras. Por ejemplo, si tienes la intención de ir a una pizzería a lo largo de la semana, podrías decir: I’m going to go out for pizza this week.
La cuestión es: ¿sabes con toda seguridad que vas a ir a una pizzeria esta semana?, lo más probable es que vayas, pero no lo puedas afirmar con rotundidad, es sólo una probabilidad. Como no podemos afirmar que vaya a suceder sí o sí, tendremos que emplear “to be going to”.

Sin embargo, cuando tenemos planes que están cerrados y que se van a desarrollar sin ninguna duda, usamos el presente continuo. Es importante fijarse que en este caso al utilizar el presente progresivo, hablamos de un tiempo futuro: mañana, después del trabajo, la próxima semana, etc.

  • We’re going to Italy next month.
  • She’s bringing cake to the party.
  • I’m getting a drink with some friends after work.

 
Hasta aquí nuestros consejos sobre el uso del presente continuo, también denominado progresivo. Podéis ponerlos en practica con los ejercicios que os proponemos en el archivo adjunto.
 
Alex E.
Callan Team

 

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The Present Continuous is a verb tense in English. It is also known as the Present Progressive. In general, we use the Present Continuous for an action that is in progress at the moment.

 

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To form the Present Continuous, we use the auxiliary verb ‘be’ and the present participle. For example:

  • I am writing
  • You are writing
  • He/she/it is writing
  • We are writing
  • You are writing
  • They are writing

 
Before we go further, what is the present participle? The present participle is the form of a verb that ends in ‘-ing’ and is used in continuous verb tenses and also as an adjective. Notice that it is not the same as the gerund.

Let’s see some more examples of the Present Continuous:

  • I’m looking at the wall.
  • He’s making lunch at the moment, I’m sure it’ll be ready soon.
  • I’m studying right now, so I can’t get a drink with you, sorry.

 
There is another use of the Present Continuous apart from actions that are in progress at the moment. We can also use it to talk about our arrangements. What are arrangements? They are future plans, things that we will definitely do.

Here we must be careful to differentiate between this use of the Present Continuous and the construction “to be going to.” We use “to be going to” when speaking about future intentions. For example, if you have the intention to go to a pizza restaurant this week, you could say: I’m going to go out for pizza this week.
Will you definitely go out to a pizza restaurant this week? Not definitely. Most likely, yes. Probably yes. But it doesn’t mean that it is absolutely going to happen.

To communicate that something is absolutely going to happen beyond any doubt, we use the Present Continuous. Notice that when we use the Present Continuous in this way, we speak about a future time: tomorrow, after work, next week, etc.

  • We’re going to Italy next month.
  • She’s bringing cake to the party.
  • I’m getting a drink with some friends after work.

 
Practice what you’ve learned in the exercises!
 

Alex E.
Callan Team

 

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The Present Continuous is a verb tense in English. It is also known as the Present Progressive. In general, we use the Present Continuous for an action that is in progress at the moment.

 

Download Exercise

 

To form the Present Continuous, we use the auxiliary verb ‘be’ and the present participle. For example:

  • I am writing
  • You are writing
  • He/she/it is writing
  • We are writing
  • You are writing
  • They are writing

 
Before we go further, what is the present participle? The present participle is the form of a verb that ends in ‘-ing’ and is used in continuous verb tenses and also as an adjective. Notice that it is not the same as the gerund.

Let’s see some more examples of the Present Continuous:

  • I’m looking at the wall.
  • He’s making lunch at the moment, I’m sure it’ll be ready soon.
  • I’m studying right now, so I can’t get a drink with you, sorry.

 
There is another use of the Present Continuous apart from actions that are in progress at the moment. We can also use it to talk about our arrangements. What are arrangements? They are future plans, things that we will definitely do.

Here we must be careful to differentiate between this use of the Present Continuous and the construction “to be going to.” We use “to be going to” when speaking about future intentions. For example, if you have the intention to go to a pizza restaurant this week, you could say: I’m going to go out for pizza this week.
Will you definitely go out to a pizza restaurant this week? Not definitely. Most likely, yes. Probably yes. But it doesn’t mean that it is absolutely going to happen.

To communicate that something is absolutely going to happen beyond any doubt, we use the Present Continuous. Notice that when we use the Present Continuous in this way, we speak about a future time: tomorrow, after work, next week, etc.

  • We’re going to Italy next month.
  • She’s bringing cake to the party.
  • I’m getting a drink with some friends after work.

 
Practice what you’ve learned in the exercises!
 

Alex E.
Callan Team

 

Download Exercise

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The Present Continuous is a verb tense in English. It is also known as the Present Progressive. In general, we use the Present Continuous for an action that is in progress at the moment.

 

Download Exercise

 

To form the Present Continuous, we use the auxiliary verb ‘be’ and the present participle. For example:

  • I am writing
  • You are writing
  • He/she/it is writing
  • We are writing
  • You are writing
  • They are writing

 
Before we go further, what is the present participle? The present participle is the form of a verb that ends in ‘-ing’ and is used in continuous verb tenses and also as an adjective. Notice that it is not the same as the gerund.

Let’s see some more examples of the Present Continuous:

  • I’m looking at the wall.
  • He’s making lunch at the moment, I’m sure it’ll be ready soon.
  • I’m studying right now, so I can’t get a drink with you, sorry.

 
There is another use of the Present Continuous apart from actions that are in progress at the moment. We can also use it to talk about our arrangements. What are arrangements? They are future plans, things that we will definitely do.

Here we must be careful to differentiate between this use of the Present Continuous and the construction “to be going to.” We use “to be going to” when speaking about future intentions. For example, if you have the intention to go to a pizza restaurant this week, you could say: I’m going to go out for pizza this week.
Will you definitely go out to a pizza restaurant this week? Not definitely. Most likely, yes. Probably yes. But it doesn’t mean that it is absolutely going to happen.

To communicate that something is absolutely going to happen beyond any doubt, we use the Present Continuous. Notice that when we use the Present Continuous in this way, we speak about a future time: tomorrow, after work, next week, etc.

  • We’re going to Italy next month.
  • She’s bringing cake to the party.
  • I’m getting a drink with some friends after work.

 
Practice what you’ve learned in the exercises!
 

Alex E.
Callan Team

 

Download Exercise

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